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Tommy Urbanski is heading up a great big ol' fishing exhibition in Las Vegas. If you are familiar with Vegas at all you might question where this might occur. Someone's wallet of course. Tommy is suing Strip Club Owners, a football player and the NFL.

Urbanski was shot by an unknown assailant and left paralyzed at a strip club that revolved around a clusterfuck mob scene that occurred when Tennessee Titans player Pacman Jones threw a boat load of money onto a stage at the strip club then decided he didn't want them to have it. Threats were made, shots fired and hell broke lose.

While I sympathize with Urbanski being shot and figure he probably has a legitimate shot at going after Jones since it was his entourage that seemed to kick things off, the idea that the NFL was involved is just obscenely stupid. His attorney asserts that The NFL should have had already disciplined Jones since he had been arrested 6 times before for various infractions. The theory is that he would not have been invited to this party as "NFL Player" Pacman Jones.

Talk about taking the shotgun approach. Let's blast away at anything remotely connected. It is not the NFL's responsibility to monitor someone's behavior. They do so of course but out of a business decision, not from public safety standpoint. That would be the local law enforcement's job. But then again, the NFL has deeper pockets so Urbanski and his lawyer would rather commit legal douchebaggery in hopes of a settlement. The NFL is a big target but not a good selection.

A lot of frivolous lawsuits are from people who are victims of their own stupidity and try to blame others. This time there is a real victim and there is someone who should pay but it isn't the NFL.